Roman Polanski (and Bill Cosby) Expelled from Academy Awards Membership

[fight4thislove]

Academy expelled Bill Cosby and Roman Polanski pic.twitter.com/fbHvuGn9Td
- Gregory Ellwood (@TheGregoryE) May 3, 2018

• The Board of Governors that oversees the Academy of Motion Picture Sciences, the Academy Awards Voting Delegation, met on Tuesday night and decided unanimously to expel both Roman Polanski and Bill Cosby from their membership ranks.

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[beysactingcoach]

Better late then never, I guess but I'm wondering why it took Cosby's conviction and not you know, the allegations from damn near 100 women.

[tlovesdolphin]

Because in this country we have due process and a justice system. "You" just can't punish someone because you believe they're guilty. Even if you feel there is enough proof in your mind to prove it. How many times has group think gotten something wrong? How easy is it to take back those actions after the fact

[corrykennedy]

'Or, they may just all be assholes and didn't want to do anything until they HAD to.'

it's this

[wackypinkbunny]

lol seriously. I read "in this country we have due process" and then skipped to that last line and was like, that's what it is tho.

[tlovesdolphin]

No they're not, but this an example of "public opinion" leading the rally for punishment. Do I think Cosby should fry? Absolutely. Do I think he deserves every single bad thing that happens to him? Yep. Wholeheartedly, but I also recognize that the kind of thinking that leads to is bad. Sure, this example we're all comfortable in him being punished, but what happens to the "next guy" who may not have such a cut and dry case? Or the person who is accused of something they really didn't do? Where does that line get drawn? Who gets to decide which crimes are so severe that there are more consequences than what a judge will lay out? By waiting, there is no question as to whether or not he did it. (Even if we all pretty much agree that he did, he's just the case de jour.) A court of law and his peers deemed him guilty, at that point, there is no longer a doubt about who to believe or what action is appropriate

[tlovesdolphin]

Courts are hardly infallible.

True, but there are some checks and balances to try and make them as fair as possible. It's not a perfect system, but it's better than a bunch of armchair attorneys holding court online/in the news and deciding a person's fate without knowing everything.

And, once again, I am not saying I think Cosby is innocent or doesn't deserve any of this happening to him, hell, I'm practically giddy that the fucker was found guilty, only that I think that it sets a dangerous precedent to not recognize that the public support for "street justice" when "court justice" hasn't been issued might be a long term problem if not checked.

[ladycyndra]

Are you on something?

[angriest_girl]

Youre one of those people who uses words like “logic” and “reason” in their social media bios and likes to play devil’s advocate on Reddit, aren’t you?

[beysactingcoach]

Bruh, it was more rhetorical but AMPAS doesn't have to abide by due process considering Weinstein was expelled.

"We don't want to be one of those countries where people are pulled from their home and beheaded because someone heard something about something they may have done." - Yeah but this is literally the basis of why there's so much police brutality and deaths toward POC this is exactly that country.

[bodyline]

Polanski was given a guilty verdict 40 years ago and they only just now axed him, so no, this isn’t a matter of law.

[you_hermit_crab]

Just... lol.

[arielazul_22]

ifkr? all you can do is laugh.

[ladycyndra]

they may just all be assholes and didn't want to do anything until they HAD to.

This is all you had to say. Just this.